[Assam] [WaterWatch] Blazing Punjab: Flaming Fields

Sun May 18 09:39:13 IST 2008

<Chinese growing giant sized vegetables> from space seeds. 2000 kgs of seeds were shot up to space by the Chinese> over last 25 years. These were brought back and planted in experimental> fields. The results are reported to be extra ordinary. Pumpkins as large as> 40 kgs and tomatoes upto 5 kgs weight are produced in these farms. This> could be one way of feeding their teeming 1.2 billion people> 

2 weeks back I was passing thro' Kunming.
Airport Departure hall had a  fruit/flower shop.
Saw a Poka Kothal about 20Kg.-- Also the people were eating plates of its PHUTAAS
And Kosu(Taro) each 4>5 Kilo-- by the Kilo.
Mangoes 10+varieties  all from our TILIKIAAM   to Greenskin   MaldOH types.
Apricots(Noraa Bogori)  generally  each 1Kg
NogaTenga, Therezu,--we almost forgot--they have these  loud and clear

What are the Genetic Mutation Possibilities of an average height Han(<1.2 billion people>-or is it 1.5 already?) eating Giant Space-seeded Pumpkins and Suddenly growing to 8'?

Happy weekend to you too.

M'da
> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 09:20:33 +0530> From: dasmk2k at gmail.com> To: assam at assamnet.org> Subject: Re: [Assam] [WaterWatch] Blazing Punjab: Flaming Fields> > Someone can bundle the project and replace the burning with some other eco> friendly practice and get *CDM* (Carbon credit...www.unfcc.int/cdm...)> benefits. In any case the carbon emitted by the burning will be sequested by> the next crop, so net emission will be nil. But, if we stop burning> definitely there will be carbon credits to be earned. that's my logic..> > Recently a team of Japanese/Thai organic farmers visited NER on NEDFi's> invite and introduced something called EM (Effective Micro-organism), the> heart of organic cultivation. EM is a mixture of 80+ friendly bacterias used> on the soil to break up inorganic matter, bio-mass and enhance productivity> and disease fighting abilities.> > Yesterday I read somewhere about the Chinese growing giant sized vegetables> from space seeds. 2000 kgs of seeds were shot up to space by the Chinese> over last 25 years. These were brought back and planted in experimental> fields. The results are reported to be extra ordinary. Pumpkins as large as> 40 kgs and tomatoes upto 5 kgs weight are produced in these farms. This> could be one way of feeding their teeming 1.2 billion people. I don't know> if my Bharat Varsh is trying something similar.> > Burning the straw after harvesting season is also the practice in Assam. I> used to love the smell of burning 'nora'- local name for the stalk/straw.> Brings kind of nostalgia, when I think about it. There must be some> reason/logic for this age-old practice. Could be that the eggs of pests are> killed that way. We need not condemn it out right. Why not some scientific> study carried out by scientists.> > Happy weekend!> > Cheers!!> > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 4:37 AM, mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com> wrote:> > >> > Answer is: EDUCATE >>> >> > Biochemitization of Agwastes through Humification-- for synergic> > growth.Soil Bacteria is waiting to do that for you.> > Burning is not Science.It is Suicide.> > Punjab is known to us from a distance for its "Advanced Agriculture/Agro> > Management"> > MM> >> >> > To: waterwatch at yahoogroups.comFrom: umendradutt at gmail.comDate: Sat, 17 May> > 2008 06:21:34 +0530Subject: [WaterWatch] Blazing Punjab: Flaming Fields> >> >> >> >> >> > Blazing Punjab: Flaming Fields> > Burning of Crop residue – Need of Civilizational Intervention> >> > By Umendra Dutt> >> > Every day I pass through villages and see fires in the just harvested> > fields. An absolutely avoidable ecological destruction and environmental> > violence is going on at the hands of brainwashed farmers. The trees, the> > earth friendly creatures, the micro organisms are getting destroyed for no> > rhyme or reason. Farmers are burning the wheat stalks just in order to save> > a few hundred rupees, time .This dangerous practice is bound to play havoc> > in a few years and these shortsighted misadventures are going to extract a> > huge price in terms of money, time, environmental health, ecosystem and> > natural resources.Countless innocent, man and crop friendly living forms are> > being criminalised. These living forms actually rejuvenate and energise our> > soil, our mother earth.> >> > Punjab is burning, really. A very painful scene we are witnessing every day> > around us. Madness, a mass psychosis of people unconcerned with the results> > of their own misdeed is happening around us, which is terribly upsetting. It> > is reminiscent of 'thousand fires in Rome', but at the end of those, Nero> > added another page in human history. But what are we achieving here with> > these unnecessary fires in our fields? We are burning Wheat crop residue in> > more then 5500 Sq KMs and 12685 Sq KMs in Rice crop residues and according> > to a study based on satellite data, the Emission Factors (EFs) for wheat> > residue burning as estimated CO- 34.66g/Kg , NOx – 2.63g/Kg, CH4 – 0.41g/Km> > , PM10 – 3.99g/Kg, PM2.5 – 3.76g/Kg .> >> > These large-scale burning, releases trace gases, along with sub> > micron-sized aerosols, which are known to aggravate lung and respiratory> > diseases. And we address earth as Dharti Ma.> >> > Burning of the crop residue not only adds to atmospheric pollution and> > emission of green house gases but also leads to loss of rich renewable soil> > rejuvenating organic resources. It gives me an uneasy feeling about our> > society, its contemporary character and it also indicates a kind of> > shallowness of my society. It is so disturbing that I questions my own self.> > We have to pose this question to ourselves and to the so called experts as> > to why this seasonal burning at all?> >> > Who is to blame? Are our farmers responsible? What is the reason for this?> > Why our society is behaving like this? Are the changing life styles also> > contributing in this indifferent attitude of our society? Why our social> > scientists are indifferently quiet on this burning issue?> >> > Is it simple that farmers are burning up crop straw to save few hundred> > rupees only? Despite knowing the adverse effects of this devastating> > practice? Why the farmers are intent to burn stubble?> > Then some more questions also need to have answers. Where is the solution?> > Can technology provide solution? Is it due to lack of technology and its> > application or adoption only? I think it is the unmindfull application of> > technology that is responsible for this crisis. Because technology doesn't> > come in isolation, it carries a cultural imprint with itself along with a> > carbon footprint. Then, there is physiological baggage also. Any new> > technology we adopt, it impacts our way of thinking, our analysis, our> > perceptions and our relations with surroundings – the nature and the> > mankind.> > We had propagated various new technologies in course of modern development> > and Green revolution. Our experts are proud of these new technologies; they> > are very fond of talking about its adoption rate, success rate and other> > benefits. We had started evaluating every thing mechanically in narrow terms> > of profitability. The green revolution agricultural paradigm has also> > displaced our value systems from agriculture; it has destroyed the very> > basic civilizational element in our convoluted agriculture vision.> > When there is no moral code, no values, no beliefs, no ethics then> > certainly there will be no compassion at all, no feeling on oneness with our> > surroundings. Then the whole earth is supposed to be for our self-indulgence> > only, and the farm is only a piece of land, a mere area, which is owned by> > me, I am the owner of that , so it depends on me only - What I do to that> > land. I want maximum profits out of it, because I have to address my lust of> > money.> > I was told by the experts to put poisons in my land to kill pests, they> > told me it is the development. I was taught by the experts and highly> > civilized persons that I should use machines – Harvester Combine to minimize> > my expenditure on human labour, as labour is a problem. Then one agriculture> > economist teaches me lessons of profitability – economic viability – and I> > was told that now I am a progressive farmer. When I was made totally> > self-centered unconcerned of my surroundings, my ecology, sustainability of> > life. Then this agriculture establishment celebrated my progress. They told> > me it is the way of life now; this is the new path of development. There is> > euphoria all around and no body has time to talk about my interdependence on> > Nature. New machines, technologies and new definitions have taken place of> > the wisdom I got from my ancestors.> >> >> > The burning of crop residue should not be seen in isolation, we have to> > take a holistic picture. It is not a problem in itself… it a symptom of> > deep-rooted civilizational crisis of our society and our age. We have to> > address the crisis on much wider canvass.> > Mankind is behaving like this towards every natural thing – wether it is> > water, air, trees, forests, animals, the mechanized mind and self-seeking> > way of life has made our whole society insensitive to nature. The crisis> > mitigation does not lie in technological interventions only. The agriculture> > expert mind- set and solutions suggested by it has already ruined our> > ecology and our agricultural heritage. Now we cannot ask them to suggest> > solutions. Those who were worshiped for more then four decades for their> > expertise now should not be asked for solutions, because they can provide> > another technological answer and mere technology is not a complete solution> > at all.> >> > There are still thousands of farmers who have no rotavator or Happy-seeder> > but they are not burning the stubble. Agriculture implements are only tools> > to be used; the real answer is in our mindset, the vision and feeling of a> > relationship with Earth, other forms of life and whole ecology.> > While NFL at Bathinda produces 5 lakh tons of urea which gives near about> > 2.5 lakh tons of nitrogen with lots of energy consumption, water consumption> > and environmental pollution, so one fifth of the total production of> > nitrogen is burned due to inefficient management systems put forth by the> > government.> > Farmers burn 196 lakh MTs of straw every year, worth crores of rupees,> > besides losing 38.5 lakh MTs of organic carbon, 59,000 MTs of nitrogen,> > 2,000 MTs of phosphorous and 34,000 MTs of potassium every year. If> > government feels that this should be saved, it should take up a large> > campaign, asking farmers to use the straw as mulch, spread with Jeevaamrita> > kind of solutions. If it involves additional costs for the farmers,> > government should pay for it.> >> > Several farmers associated with Kheti Virasat Mission who are practicing> > natural farming, have already adopted Jeevaamrita to mulch stubble in their> > farms. They are not into burning madness, not because of technology but due> > to their conviction. Off course farmer needs some methods to mulch all crop> > straw. Jeevaamrita provides appropriate solution.> >> > We should develop a strong campaign asking Govt to initiate a process of> > asking people to adopt straw mulching; this would automatically lead to> > promotion of natural farming once we get space in the campaign. The> > prerequisite of the solution is a civilizational intervention to> > re-establish mother–son relation of farmer with Earth. We have to redefine> > the meaning of development, progressive farmer, profitability and> > sustainability. We have to evolve a new idiom to evaluate our contemporary> > ecological crisis.> >> > The whole society and particularly the elite and experts must take the> > responsibility of their transgression; farmers are expressing the same what> > the society has taught them. This burning of stubble is the natural outcome> > of the economic and agriculture model we are pursuing from last fifty years.> > It is the result of a paradigm we had chosen, propagated by the experts of> > those times.> >> > Let whole Punjabi society accept its role in this misadventure. This is the> > only one dimension of whole ecological-civilizational crisis that our> > society is facing and which will certainly affect lives of our future> > generations. We have to change Collective Mindset of our society and this> > can be only being done through a process for new model of development.> > Let us start this voyage to build our own developmental paradigm to come> > out this self inflicting devastation.> >> >> > -- Umendra DuttExecutive DirectorKHETI VIRASAT MISSIONBishnandi> > BazarJAITU-151202 District-Faridkot,PunjabPhones:01635-503415> > 09872682161umendradutt.blogspot.comGod is omni present in entire nature and> > hurting nature is violence against the God> > __._,_.___> > Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic> > Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Calendar> >> > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via> > email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit> > Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe> >> >> >> > Recent Activity> >> >> > 14> > New Members> >> > 4> > New LinksVisit Your Group> >> >> > Yahoo! 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